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Gypsy by Woods Designs

Budget offshore cruiser with central cuddy.

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The GYPSY 28 was the Woods Designs own cruising boat for five very successful years

It was designed as an easy to build budget ocean cruiser and many are now sailing in all corners of the world.

The central cuddy is a feature seen on several of our most recent designs, as it combines the advantages of the open deck boat's easy access forward with the central saloon and cockpit protection of a bridge deck cabin boat.

There is standing headroom and 4 berths in the hulls and a dinette and galley in the central cuddy - which also features standing headroom. Hulls can be flat panel or round bilge and GYPSY can be built in ply, foam sandwich or strip plank. It is the minimum size boat I suggest that a couple use for ocean cruising. It can be built in sections and assembled by the water.

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• Boat REF#  ·  171223
• Length  ·  8.53m
• Year  ·  2000
• Construction  ·  Wood Laminate
• Underwater profile  ·  Multihull
• Sleeping berths  ·  5
• Engine  ·  1 x gas 2 stroke 8hp, Mariner 8 (2003)
• Lying  ·  Suffolk

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Cutter rigged Proctor Aluminium spars () with Stainless Steel standing rigging (2007)

Spinnaker pole

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery,

Construction

Built to a good standard and finished on the outside, the water tank is there but not fitted

Accommodation

The inside needs finishing the basic layout is there but this can be completed to your own taste and standard the sink and cooker are there not fitted and the same for the instruments a blank canvas

2 burner propane Stove

2 sheet winches 2 anchors (Kedge & Danforth) 20.00m of chain 20.00m of rode

Nav Equipment

the navigation instruments are there but not fitted

Safety Equipment

2 X Fire Extinguishers 1 X Fire Blanket 2 X Life Jackets

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this is a well built multihull that is crying out to be completed providing a blank canvas for the new owner to use there imagination, she sails really well and is very fast, the accommodation could be made very comfortable with all mod cons. These boat details are subject to contract. Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered.

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Any other WOODS GYPSY owners in Australia

Discussion in ' Multihulls ' started by MY BOAT SHED , Oct 4, 2014 .

MY BOAT SHED Junior Member

Hi. I'm new to this forum, and am interested to know if there are any other GYPSY owners around. I purchased my Woods Gypsy - 28' catamaran - 2 years ago in Brisbane. Have been busy sprucing her up ever since. I'm surprised there aren't more of these fantastic little cats around, would appreciate knowing of any. Cheers! -- Quote: Originally Posted by guzzis3 I like all your deignes Mr Woods, in fact I've been agonizing over a gypsy named vala (I think) currently for sale here in Brisbane. They gypsy would be a perfect boat for the boss and me and at $29k it's a steal, but I'm really off plywood boats now. I am determined my next boat will be plastic. -- Quote: Originally Posted by MY BOAT SHED Greetings all. I've been trolling through some of these older posts about the Woods Gypsy and was delighted to find this post about my boat, Vela. I purchased Vela in March 2012 in Brisbane and having been having fun with her ever since. This Gypsy was launched in 1996, and may have been the first one home built in Australia. The builder, Lachlan (Lochlan) Wilson, went out on a wing and built the hulls out of hand laid fibreglass panels. Very Solid! The result is an overbuilt, but very strong and forgiving little cat which sails beautifully. Vela drives well to windward, and is responsive without being skittish. It has cruised the Queensland Coast and served as a liveaboard for myself & my partner, with our little dog and ship's cat. I'm on the handstand now for the second time, and am pleased to report there has been no osmosis in the boat to date. I've done one or two repairs and am in the process of doing upgrades and improving the paint system. Will post photos shortly. If anyone has any more info on this boat I would love to hear about it. Meanwhile, here is a photo taken by a friend of me and Vela riding out the Australia Day 2013 front, which we fondly refer to as "ex cyclone Oswald." We were on anchor in front of the Versace Hotel on the Gold Coast Broadwater.  

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I saw Vela when the Wilsons left her up here in Shute Harbour for a year. (The GRP hull panels are a standard design option, no real weight penalty.) Getting that amount of comfortable accom on such a small boat without ruining the sailing performance and looks is very clever design. The fitout can be Wharram-simple without looking "wrong". A Gypsy has done a single-handed Panama-Tahiti. There is another one in Aus that has extended bows, extended cabin roofs, and was for sale at $99,000!  

Hi, thanks for the reply. Yes I've seen that one online for sale for $99,000. Hasn't budged in the past twelve months. That one appears to be professionally built. I agree with your comments about the design. Folks are always amazed at the space I have. I basically live in the main cuddy, which has a double birth. Starboard hull is a dedicated private head, shower etc. Port is guest accommodation. I'm quite spoilt for space... I could comfortably sleep 6 if I needed to. Did you personally know the Wilsons? I'm quite curious at to how long he spent building Vela. According to the survey which was done when he sold the boat, it was only launched in 1996. I've just finished repainting top to bottom, all new rigging, windows, wiring, anchor winch, trampoline, sail cover etc etc. She's looking real pretty now. I'll post some finished pics when I get back in the water next week. Here we are on the hard before the antifoul goes on.  

Had a brief chat and a quick look on board when they had her dried out in front of the Whitsunday Sailing Club for a bottom scrub. On Richard Woods' website, there's a quote from Mr. Wilson saying it took 17 months of evenings and weekends to build her, at a cost of 10K pounds sterling, with new rig and outboard motor. If you ever get up to the Whitsundays, I'd love to go for a sail. Happy to provide bribes of beer, a good red, bag of prawns etc etc............  

gypsy28 Senior Member

Great looking Gypsy you have the MY BOAT SHED. As you can probably see from my screen name Im quite a fan of the Gypsy, and would like to build one sometime in the future (have the plans, just need the time/space/cash) I think Ive seen her anchored/moored near Southport marina a few times, If that was Vela she certainly looks like a keeper Cheers, Dave  

Hi Dave Somehow I missed your reply on this thread....just read it now for the first time. Thanks for the compliment! Yes that is VELA you've seen around the Southport Yacht Club. It's a great little boat for living aboard, and for single handing. I've done a lot of upgrades in the past three years, and am about to start sanding and repainting the interior. The builder did a terrific job and build her very strong...but he wasnt too worried about aesthetics. She was a bit agricultural on the inside! Lol. I definitely recommend this design is you're after a smaller cat. Cheers, Karyn gypsy28 said: ↑ Great looking Gypsy you have the MY BOAT SHED. As you can probably see from my screen name Im quite a fan of the Gypsy, and would like to build one sometime in the future (have the plans, just need the time/space/cash) I think Ive seen her anchored/moored near Southport marina a few times, If that was Vela she certainly looks like a keeper Cheers, Dave Click to expand...

Thinking if selling my WOODS Gypsy this year Thought it was worth mentioning on here that I'm thinking of putting my WOODS GYPSY, 28' sailing catamaran up for sale this year. Over the past two years I've been cruising a lot with my partner on his Pescott 38' cat. My VELA doesnt get off the mooring much except for maintainence. Most of my spare time time and money has been spent upgrading VELA over the past 4 years but I can't be on two boats at once (apparently!). This is a fantastic little cat. Perfect for single handing, or would suit a young family starting out. Proven coastal cruiser, built well and stong with solid hand laid fibreglass panels. A very forgiving boat, launched in 1996 with many upgrades in the past 4 years. Feel free to pass this info along if you know anyone who's looking. She's moored on the Gold Coast, QLD. I won't be advertising her until I've done a sand and repaint on the interior. Should be around mid-year. Cheers, Karyn www.recycledboatbits.com.au  

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RE Vela I built her in Tully. I always joke about boats I have built. They look great at 50 metres but when you get close, cosmetically, Lachie built it. Pleased it's still going great. I had a lot of fun in her.If you need more information email me.  

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• Completing the Cuddy of my Gypsy 28 catamaran

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It is looking great! Thank you for giving me a chance to look at your cuddy before the painting was done. Now the painting is complete and all are covered up!

wow looks amazing, great job, i have some questions about... how much epoxi resin does it took to complete de cuddie? how many layers of glass cloth did you use in the outside and in the outside? waiting for the construction of the hulls, your web is a great help for starting gypsy builders saludos desde argentina! Luis

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Gypsy Rose Blanchard says she and her husband have separated 3 months after she was released from prison

By Li Cohen

Updated on: March 29, 2024 / 8:48 AM EDT / CBS News

Gypsy Rose Blanchard announced on her private Facebook that she and her husband Ryan Anderson have separated three months after she was released from prison for her role in the murder of her mother. The announcement came just weeks after Blanchard deleted her highly-followed TikTok and Instagram accounts. 

Blanchard was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her mother, Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard, who was stabbed to death by Gypsy Rose's then-boyfriend Nick Godejohn in 2015, a crime that inspired the Hulu mini-series, "The Act." Godejohn told police he committed the crime at Gypsy Rose's request when she learned that after a lifetime of being told she had several debilitating illnesses that required constant care, it was all a lie and she was a victim of child abuse. After pleading guilty, Godejohn was sentenced to life in prison. 

Gypsy Rose, who was sentenced to 10 years, was released from prison after seven years on Dec. 28. 

It was during her sentence that she met her husband, Ryan Anderson, a special education teacher from Louisiana. The pair wed in July 2022.

But on Thursday, she announced the two have broken up. 

"People have been asking what is going on in my life. Unfortunately my husband and I are going through a separation and I moved in with my parents home down the bayo," she wrote on her private Facebook account in a statement obtained by People magazine . "I have the support of my family and friends to help guide me through this. I am learning to listen to my heart. Right now I need time to let myself find... who I am."

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight in January, Blanchard said she felt a connection with Anderson when he started contacting her while she was in prison. She said she was immediately attracted to the fact that he lives in Louisiana, where she is originally from. 

"I wrote him a letter back and we became friends, and of course more than friends, and then now we're married," she said. 

Immediately upon her release from prison, she told ET she and Anderson moved in together and were "learning about each other." They had also discussed having kids, but were unsure of when they wanted to do so.

"With us getting married [while she was still in jail], she was able to come live with me straight out of prison," Anderson told ET. "So, that was important. It's what we both wanted."

"We're just trying to take it day by day," Gypsy Rose added. "We're just trying to start off the marriage on a good foot before we bring kids into this situation right now." 

Earlier this month, Gypsy Rose – who was determined to have suffered from a form of abuse that involves a guardian inducing illness for sympathy, leading to her decision to kill her mother – deleted her social media profiles that had amassed millions of followers. 

She first deleted her Instagram account, which according to Entertainment Tonight had at one point more than 7.8 million followers. After deleting that account, she posted a series of TikToks saying she is doing her "best to live my authentic life and what's real to me." 

"And what's not real is social media," she said, calling it a "doorway to hell." 

"It's so crazy, I can't even wrap my head around what social media is," she said. "...And with the public scrutiny as bad as it is, I just don't want to live my life under a microscope." 

Then she deleted her TikTok as well. People magazine learned that she deleted those accounts "at the advisement of her parole officer, so she won't get in trouble and go back to jail." 

Li Cohen is a social media producer and trending content writer for CBS News.

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Harris, being the youngest, was chosen to be starting helmsman, and we made a good start, only a few seconds late and ahead of Trying, the trimaran that started with us. Easy Tiger the Dazcat started 15 minutes later as the last starter. So we drifted off to windward. Sagitta going out through the western entrance. ET and Trying going out the eastern, which meant that after an hour they were almost hull down.

ET tacked back towards Rame Head and were still behind. Again they were hull down before tacking back towards us. But amazingly when we met up all three of us were within yards of each other. Then once again we split tacks, disappeared, only to reappear next to each other once again (I think at one stage Trying called starboard on us). And so it went on, although I suspect that the other boats, like us, weren't taking things too seriously. Instead turning it into a fun day out rather than any attempt at a race.

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Clearly given the conditions, finishing a 26 mile course with a 6 hour time limit was going to be a challenge and so it proved. Only two boats made it round the Eddystone lighthouse, but both almost immediately retired and motored home as it was far too light to carry spinnakers on a dead run. So the whole fleet retired, not one boat finished. But that didn't stop us from having our own celebratory "first boat round the Eddystone" cake as we motored home to Torpoint!!

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